Flammifer
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It means a bundle of sticks:
faggot (n.1) late 13c., "bundle of twigs bound up," also fagald, faggald, from Old French fagot "bundle of sticks" (13c.), of uncertain origin, probably from Italian fagotto "bundle of sticks," diminutive of Vulgar Latin *facus, from Latin fascis "bundle of wood" (see fasces).
That is why Gandalf lights the 'faggot' by thrusting his staff into the midst of the bundle.
faggot (n.1) late 13c., "bundle of twigs bound up," also fagald, faggald, from Old French fagot "bundle of sticks" (13c.), of uncertain origin, probably from Italian fagotto "bundle of sticks," diminutive of Vulgar Latin *facus, from Latin fascis "bundle of wood" (see fasces).
That is why Gandalf lights the 'faggot' by thrusting his staff into the midst of the bundle.